Decisions, Not Options

There is no single correct way to write a web application. For WordPress core developers, few (if any) decisions are trivial. Balancing feature development, iteration, and deadlines (everyone’s favorite) is rocket surgery. Our code runs on a large stage — with tens of millions of users and tens of thousands of developers, we consider every change carefully.

We’ll discuss the factors that inform WordPress core development decisions, and development principles that can improve your own web application.